Shepparton Cattle Sale Report

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Report Date: 22nd April 2025

Total Yarding: 1,300

Commentary

A smaller sale due to the Public Holidays, 705 exports and 460 trade cattle were offered, amongst the exports were 355 cow. Quality started poorly however improved as the sale progressed, not all exporters were present however the better ends of all the cattle sold at stronger rates. Store cattle and feeder cattle were hard to find and most of the heavy cattle suited processors.

The trade cattle consisted of a few very good lines of vealers and supplementary fed yearlings. Prices on the finished young stock sold at dearer rates of 5c to 20c/kg. The vealers reached 434c/kg, while the C and B muscled yearling steers to the trade made from 370c to 422c/kg. The yearling heifers stole the show with B muscled heifers topping at 444c/kg. The bulk of the heifers ranged from 340c to 415c/kg. Feedlotters had a few more opportunities in the young cattle section.

There was a pen of Freisan bullocks with plenty of shape and cover that reached 352c/kg, a significant jump on last sale, The 500 to 600kg grown steers ranged from 340c to 405c/kg, while grown steers averaging 700kg reached 400c/kg. The bulk of the heavy bullocks made from 350c to 398c/kg. The cow numbers were limited and not all buyers were present and price trends were a little mixed. The heavy beef cows made from 252c to 346c/kg for some Limousin Euro bred cows. There were also a few pens of well covered dairy cows that made to 296c/kg the bulk of the Fresians made from240c to 290c/kg to avoid 260c/kg for the D1’s.